Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
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| Genre | Comedy, talk, music |
|---|---|
| Running time | 4 hours (including commercials) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Home station | WHTZ |
| Syndicates | Premiere Networks |
| Starring |
Elvis Duran Danielle Monaro Medha Gandhi Greg T Froggy Skeery Jones David Brody Garrett Vogel Scotty B. Coaster Boy Josh Web Girl Kathleen Straight Nate Sam Jake Yaritza Best Assistant Andrew |
| Announcer |
Dave Foxx Mo' Bounce Kelly Doherty |
| Created by | WHTZ |
| Original release | 1996 (at WHTZ) – present |
| Website |
elvisduran |
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show (formerly known as The Z Morning Zoo) is an American syndicated weekday morning radio program hosted by Elvis Duran. The show originates from the studios of Newark-licensed WHTZ in New York City, a Top 40 outlet branded as "Z100". The show is also syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks in over 75 markets such as Philadelphia, Miami, Cleveland and Richmond, Virginia. The live airing of the show is weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. Eastern time, with most Central markets airing it live from 5 to 9 a.m., and other time zones further west taking the show on delay. A "best of the week" compilation show is also carried on Saturday mornings by most stations.
History
While it was not created at WHTZ, the popular "Morning Zoo" format became a widely employed morning show concept based on its success at Z100 - even to the point of being implemented at WHTZ's sister station in Cleveland, rock-formatted WMMS. Essentially, the Morning Zoo formula was grafted onto their already successful morning show, and lasted until 1994.
The regular segments of the program include the gossip-heavy "Entertainment Report", "Phone Taps", stunts performed by Greg T "The Round Headed Frat Boy", song parodies, and various contests. Local windows are made available for news briefs and weather, traffic reports and music.
The show began to be syndicated to other Clear Channel stations on May 22, 2006, starting with WHYI-FM Fort Lauderdale/Miami, then WIOQ Philadelphia on July 22, 2008, and WAKS Cleveland on August 25, 2008, with approximately 75 stations[1] now carrying the show after Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks began to offer the program nationally in March 2009.
Until May 2008 the show was known as "Elvis Duran and The (Y/Z) Morning Zoo". Slowly until July 2008 and the addition of more stations, the word "Zoo" was replaced with "Show" to make it more palatable to stations with other brandings or aversions to using the "Morning Zoo" term in their promotional advertising.
John Bell left the show on March 22, 2010
Carolina Bermudez left the show on June 22, 2012 to join CBS-owned WLNY-TV in the New York area to launch their new morning program, Live from the Couch.
TJ Taormina left on February 21, 2013 to host the morning show at WODS Boston, with Loren Raye joining him a month later.[2]
On January 19, 2016, it was announced that Carla Marie and "Worst Assistant" Anthony would be leaving the show on February 5, 2016, and starting their own morning show on Seattle's Top 40/CHR station, Power 93.3FM.
Bethany Watson left on February 16, 2018 to pursue various acting and writing projects
The show announced on July 27th that Medha Gandhi would be joining the show from Kiss 108 in Boston. Her first official day was September 17, 2018
Show members
Current
- Elvis Duran
- Danielle Monaro
- Medha Gandhi
- Greg "T" the Frat Boy
- Froggy
- Skeery Jones, Executive Producer
- David Brody, Executive Producer
- Nate Marino, Senior Executive Producer ("Straight Nate")
- Garrett Vogel
- Scotty B.
- Coaster Boy Josh
- "Web Girl" Kathleen
- "Producer" Sam
- "Producer" Jake
- Yaritza
- "Best Assistant in the World" Andrew
- Uncle Johnny (frequent guest, not an actual host)[3]
Former
- Elliot Segal 1996-1999, now at WWDC (FM)
- Christine Nagy 1997-2005, now at WLTW
- John Bell 1983-2010
- Carolina Bermudez 2005-2012, now at WKTU
- Tim Louie "The Chinese Guy in the Back" 1996-2001
- Michael "Stick" 1998-2004
- Sara Osborn 2004-2006 Now co-host - Alex and Sara Morning Show on Mix 94.7.KAMX
- DJ Reid Stefan 2013
- TJ Taormina 2002-2013 -Left in 2013 to work at WODS
- Loren Raye 2007-2013 - Left in 2013 to work at WODS
- Carla Marie 2009-2016 - Left in 2016 to co-host mornings at Seattle's Power 93.3
- "Worst Assistant In The World" Anthony left in 2016 to co-host mornings at Seattle's Power 93.3
- Bethany Watson 2012-2018; left in 2018 to pursue other career interests
- "Bald Freak" Ronnie Scalzo Left in 2018 to work at NPR
Segments aired
Daily segments
- Morning Show Horoscopes with Danielle and a rotating second person (6:08 AM ET)
- Feel Goods with Producer Sam (6:20am et)
- "Phone Taps" (Prank calls to relatives or friends of listeners) (7:20 AM and 9:20 AM ET)
- Danielle's Entertainment Report (formerly "Danielle's Sleaze") (At the bottom of every hour)
- "Headlines" - with Gandhi. Hourly at the top of the hour
- Sound with Garrett (8:05 AM ET)
- Around The Room (around 6AM and 8AM ET)
- What's Trending with Producer Sam (formerly done by Bethany and Carla Marie)
Weekly segments
- Way Back Wednesday Phone Tap - Wednesdays
- Top of the Charts - Thursdays 9am ET
- Greg T's Topic Train - Tuesdays and Fridays
Occasional segments and bits
- Food News with Froggy
- Moron Jeopardy
- Out of Tune Name that Tune
- Flush the Format
- Elvis Lists
- Who's Chewin' Those Chips?
- Guy, Girl or Gay?
- Mr. Cardboard Tube - Voiced by Elvis with a cardboard tube
- College of Knowledge
- The Topic Juggler (Elvis' version of Greg T's Topic Train)
- The Man Council
- Greg T - Man on the Street
- Chef La T
- Florida News with Froggy
- The Movie Man (formerly Mr. Moviefone)
Previous segments
- John Bell's Stupid News
- John Bell's Latest Game
- Carolina's Rage Page
- Loren's Bad Ass Chick of The Day
- TJ's Sound (Still continues under Garrett)
- Workout Wednesday with Anthony
- Webgirl Kathleen's DIY segment
- Farmer Ronnie presents Chickens Sing The Hits
- The Girl Report with Webgirl Kathleen
- Hip Hop Clarinet with Bethany
References
- ↑ "Stations". Common.prndigital.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ↑ "TJ Taormina Grabs Mornings in Boston". Allaccess.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ↑ "UNCLE JOHNNY". Elvisduran.com. Retrieved 2016-07-23.